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Book/Printed Material Volney's ruins, or, Meditation on the revolutions of empires : translated under the immediate inspection of the author from the 6th Paris ed. To which is added, The law of nature, and a short biographical notice, by Count Daru; also, The controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney. Volney's ruins / Meditation on the revolutions of empires

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Title

  • Volney's ruins, or, Meditation on the revolutions of empires : translated under the immediate inspection of the author from the 6th Paris ed. To which is added, The law of nature, and a short biographical notice, by Count Daru; also, The controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney.

Other Title

  • Volney's ruins
  • Meditation on the revolutions of empires

Names

  • Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.
  • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.

Created / Published

  • Boston : Charles Gaylord, 1840.

Headings

  • -  History--Philosophy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Revolutions--Early works to 1800
  • -  Religions--Early works to 1800
  • -  Ethics--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney (from the Anti-Jacobin review, March 1799): p.[207]-216.
  • -  "A list of the works published by Count Volney": p. 19-20.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 216 p. : 1 ill. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • D16.7 .V8 1840

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004354428

OCLC Number

  • 19057579

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Volney, C.-F, and Joseph Priestley. Volney's ruins, or, Meditation on the revolutions of empires: translated under the immediate inspection of the author from the 6th Paris ed. To which is added, The law of nature, and a short biographical notice, by Count Daru; also, The controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney. Boston: Charles Gaylord, 1840. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004354428/.

APA citation style:

Volney, C. -. & Priestley, J. (1840) Volney's ruins, or, Meditation on the revolutions of empires: translated under the immediate inspection of the author from the 6th Paris ed. To which is added, The law of nature, and a short biographical notice, by Count Daru; also, The controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney. Boston: Charles Gaylord. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004354428/.

MLA citation style:

Volney, C.-F, and Joseph Priestley. Volney's ruins, or, Meditation on the revolutions of empires: translated under the immediate inspection of the author from the 6th Paris ed. To which is added, The law of nature, and a short biographical notice, by Count Daru; also, The controversy between Dr. Priestly and Volney. Boston: Charles Gaylord, 1840. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004354428/>.